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Ardal O'Hanlon (born 8 October 1965 at
Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, in the Republic
of Ireland) is a comedian and actor, best known
for his role as Father Dougal McGuire in the
comedy television series Father Ted. His father is
Rory O'Hanlon, an Irish politician and doctor.

Ardal O'Hanlon was schooled in Blackrock College
in Dublin and graduated from the National
Institute for Higher Education, Dublin (now Dublin
City University) in Communications Studies in
1987. He started out as a stand-up comedian, and
was spotted by Graham Linehan, who was to cast him
in Father Ted.

He has also had his own television comedy series,
My Hero, in which he plays a superhero juggling
the duties of his heroic role with the ordinary
day-to-day crises of life in the suburbs. Prior to
that he had appeared in the more serious series
Big Bad World. He also provided the voice of the
lead character in a Christmas television cartoon
special entitled Robbie the Reindeer - Hooves of
Fire.

Beyond the world of television, O'Hanlon is an
accomplished writer, and has written a novel (The
Talk of the Town - known in the United States as
Knick Knack Paddy Whack) which was published in
1998.